Femtosecond pulse generation from a topological insulator mode-locked fiber laser

Optics Express

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 6868-6873

  Liu, Hao ^a   Zheng, Xu Wu ^a   Liu, Meng ^a   Zhao, Nian ^a   Luo, Ai Ping ^a   Luo, Zhi Chao ^a   Xu, Wen Cheng ^a   Zhang, Han ^b   Zhao, Chu Jun ^c   Wen, Shuang Chun ^c  

^a SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SHENZHEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC INSULATORS; ELECTROMAGNETIC PULSE; FIBER LASERS; LOCKS (FASTENERS); PULSE GENERATORS; RING LASERS; SATURABLE ABSORBERS; SEMICONDUCTOR QUANTUM WELLS;

CAVITY PARAMETERS; FEMTOSECOND PULSE GENERATION; FIBER-RING LASERS; MODULATION DEPTH; OPTICAL INTENSITIES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); SATURABLE ABSORPTION; TOPOLOGICAL INSULATORS;

ULTRASHORT PULSES;

EID: 84896957047     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.22.006868     Document Type: Article

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